protect her friends, who are Sureos. Joshua Gomez was a Sureo. Lara is a Norteo.

Coleman and his partner, Chris Collins, said Joshua Gomez menaced Lara with a shotgun.

When he was arrested last fall, Lara told police he watched Gomez load a shotgun and level it at him. Lara said he fired in self-defense.

No shotgun was ever found at the scene of the shooting or in Rodriguez’s car, but Lara’s lawyers contend someone might have showed up before police arrived and hidden the gun. Police were initially dispatched to the wrong address in Greeley, which delayed the search for the gun.

Alaniz called 911 about 2:10 p.m., and dispatchers sent police to 813 7th St., less than a block from the police station. But the shooting really happened at 1803 7th St., Rodriguez’s house.

After figuring out the first location was incorrect, it took one police officer seven minutes to arrive at the right address.

Coleman also said the two men with Gomez — his brother and Rodriguez — were on probation or parole and prohibited from possessing a weapon. He suggested Alaniz wouldn’t say anything about a shotgun so her friends wouldn’t get in trouble.

Alaniz grew up with the Gomez brothers and they lived next door to her grandfather.

“If the Sureos get mad at you for any reason, they know where to get your family, don’t they?” Coleman asked.